Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.

I mean, what is prison, really, except a good bar without the liquor?

Two men look out of the same prison bars; one sees mud, the other sees stars. -Unknown

Cuellar is just grasping for straws. He has to sling mud. He sees the momentum going with Mr. Rodriguez.

we don't need steel bars to be prisioned

To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the key to the secret that people want to know.